Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z profane Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing. profaned Treated with irreverence or without due respect. profanely In a profane manner, irreverently, with marked disrespect for the sacred. profanement profanation profaneness The quality of being profane; profanity. profaner One who profanes; a person who desecrates or defiles. profanic Profane. profaning profanation profanism Profanity; a profane or blasphemous attitude. profanity The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt. profanize To make profane. profarmer Supporting or assisting farmers. profarming Supporting or favouring farming. profascist In favour of fascism. profect Profit. profection A setting out, going forward, advance or progression. profectional Of or relating to profection. profectitious Proceeding from, or as if from, a parent; derived, as from an ancestor. profeminism Support for feminism. profeminist A supporter of feminism. profemoral anterior to the femur (of an insect) profenamine A phenothiazine derivative used as an antiparkinsonian agent. profenofos An organophosphate insecticide. profer To utter; to pronounce. proferens The person who proposes a contract (or one of its clauses) profersonal Combining professional and personal aspects. profert The production or display of recorded evidence in court. profess To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. professable That can be professed. professed Openly declared or acknowledged. professedly In a professed manner. profession A promise or vow made on entering a religious order. professional A person who belongs to a profession. professionalese Characteristically professional language or jargon professionalish Somewhat professional; having a professional air. professionalism The status, methods, character or standards expected of a professional or of a professional organization, such as reliability, discretion, evenhandedness, and fair play. professionalist A person or organisation that supports a professional attitude. professionality The condition of being professional. professionalization The act or process of professionalizing, or becoming professional. professionalize To make something professional. professionalizer One who professionalizes. professionally As a professional; for one's paid career. professionalness The quality of being professional. professionalship The condition, status, degree, or office of a professional. professionary Relating to a profession or occupation; professional. professionist A professional; one who follows a profession. professionize To advance (an occupation) to the level of a profession. professionless Lacking a profession. professionym A term, title, or form of address used to designate or identify a person or group by their profession. professly Professedly (in a professed manner). professor The most senior rank for an academic at a university or similar institution. professordom The realm or sphere of professors; professors, collectively. professoress A female professor. professorial Of, relating to, or characteristic of a professor or professors, or of a professorship or professorships. professorialism The manners or habits of a professor. professoriality The quality of being professorial, or holding the post of professor. professorially In a professorial manner. professoriate Professors considered as a group or body. professorine A female professor. professoring Acting as a professor. professorish Characteristic of a professor. professorless Without a professor or professors. professorlike Resembling a professor, characteristic of a professor. professorling a young and unexperienced professor professorly Professorial; having the manner or appearance of a professor or professors. professorship The office of a professor. professory Of, relating to, or similar to a professor; professorial. profestrix A female professor. Profeta A surname from Italian. proffee Coffee mixed with a protein shake or protein powder, creating a drink that provides both caffeine and protein. proffer An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender. profferer Someone who proffers something. proffering The act by which something is proferred. Proffit A surname. Proffitt A surname. profibril A cluster of fibrin molecules that becomes a protofibril profibrillatory That leads to fibrillation profibrinogenic That promotes fibrinogenesis profibrinolysin Synonym of plasminogen. profibrinolytic Promoting fibrinolysis. profibroblast A structure that develops into a fibroblast profibrogenic That promotes fibrogenesis profibrogenically In a profibrogenic manner profibrosis Synonym of profibrotic. profibrotic That promotes fibrosis profic Professionally published fiction, especially tie-in fiction based on a media property. profichi The crop of caprifig collected in the spring proficiency Ability, skill, competence. proficient Good at something; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill. proficiently In a proficient manner. proficientness proficiency proficuous Useful or profitable. proficuously In a proficuous manner. profilable Able to be profiled. profilaggrin A polymeric precursor of filaggrin present in keratohyalin granules in cells of the stratum granulosum. profilamentous Forming filaments. profile The outermost shape, view, or edge of an object. profiled That has undergone profiling profilee A person who is profiled. profiler A mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular shapes by tracing a pattern. profilin An actin-binding protein involved in the dynamic turnover and restructuring of the actin cytoskeleton, found in all eukaryotic organisms in most cells. profiling The forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics. profilist An artist who draws or paints profiles profilograph An instrument for automatically recording the profile of the ground it traverses. profilometer A device designed to measure the profile, and hence the roughness, of a surface. profilometric Of or pertaining to profilometry. profilometrically In a profilometric manner profilometry The use of a technique in the measurement and profiling of an object. profinite Describing certain topological groups formed from finite groups profisetinidin A tannin composed of fisetinidin units. profit Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price. profitability The state or quality of being profitable; capacity to make a profit. profitable Producing a profit. profitableness The quality of being profitable; gainfulness; usefulness; advantageousness. profitably In a profitable manner, in a way that achieves profit or gain. profiteer One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker. profiteering The act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically or opportunistically. profiter One who profits. profiterole A small, hollow case of choux pastry with a filling. profiting The making of a profit. profitless not yielding profit profitlessly In a profitless manner. profitlessness The state or condition of being profitless. profitmaking That makes a profit; profitable. profitmongering The activities of a profit monger. profitseeking Aiming to make a profit. profitsome Characterised or marked by profit Profitt A surname. profitwise In terms of profit. profixigenal Relating to or situated on the anterior part of the fixigena of a trilobite. proflavine A disinfectant, acridine-3,6-diamine, bacteriostatic against many gram-positive bacteria proflazepam A benzodiazepine drug. profligacy Careless wastefulness. profligate Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly. profligately In a profligate manner. profligateness The state or condition of being profligate; wastefulness. profligation defeat; rout; overthrow profligatory Tending to or encouraging wastefulness. profluence Onward flow; current. profluent Flowing smoothly as if in a stream. profluorescent Leading to and preceding fluorescence. profluralin A dinitroaniline herbicide with IUPAC name (N-(cyclopropylmethyl)-2,6-dinitro-N-propyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)aniline. profluvious Relating to profluvium profluvium A copious discharge of fluid, especially a bodily fluid. profonde A secret pocket in a magician's coat, used in vanishing tricks etc. proforeign Supporting or favouring what is foreign. profound Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep. profoundly With depth, meaningfully. profoundness The quality of being profound; profundity profulgent Shining out; gleaming.